This paper compares how European and non-European participants in international environmental negotiations perceive the EU's role in such negotiations. Three dimensions of the EU's role (environmental ambition, diplomatic activity and influence) are assessed in three UN-wide environmental forums (the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions on chemicals, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the United Nations Environment Assembly). The paper presents original data collected through an online survey with 659 delegates who participated in the negotiations in the three forums in the period 2018–19. Comparing the ego perception of delegates from the EU with the alter view of delegates from non-EU countries, the paper finds that the ego and alter perceptions of the EU's ambition, diplomatic activities and influence are largely similar. Both ego and alter see the EU as a highly ambitious, active and influential actor in global environmental negotiations.

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自我与改变：欧盟在全球环境谈判中的作用的内部和外部看法

本文比较了国际环境谈判中的欧洲和非欧洲参与者如何看待欧盟在此类谈判中的作用。三个联合国范围内的环境论坛（关于化学品的巴塞尔公约、鹿特丹公约和斯德哥尔摩公约、生物多样性公约和联合国环境大会）对欧盟作用的三个方面（环境雄心、外交活动和影响）进行了评估。本文提供了通过在线调查收集的原始数据，该调查涉及 2018 年至 19 年期间参与三个论坛谈判的 659 名代表。将欧盟代表的自我认知与非欧盟国家代表的不同观点进行比较，本文发现自我和改变对欧盟野心的认知，外交活动和影响大体相似。ego 和alter 都将欧盟视为全球环境谈判中雄心勃勃、积极和有影响力的参与者。